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"The White Coffin" Wins Creative Developments in Healthy Cities Award
A student environmental advocacy activity at the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) on the use of eco-friendly food packaging called "The White Coffin", was given the Award for Creative Developments in Healthy Cities by the Alliance for Healthy Cities during the 3rd Global Conference held in Ichikawa, Japan on 25 October 2008.
Inspired by the learning and activities of the 2006 EAS Youth Forum and committed to implement the Youth Agenda, Mervin Low and Mahfuzah binti Othman, Malaysian participants to the Forum, with the support of faculty and friends, initiated the revival of Kelab Alam Sekitar (KAS), an environmental club in USM. KAS, with the help and support of other student organizations and the school administration launched the "White Coffin" campaign which aimed to ban the use of polystyrene food containers and promote eco-friendly food containers. USM became the first university in Malaysia to ban the use of polystyrene food containers.
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The 2008 PNLG Forum: Too Much Water; Too Little Water; Too Polluted Water
